What lathe?

[parrisw]

I was thinking about doing this myself, after your report I will be doing it sooner than later. Thanks!

Ya they work great, I got them from Harbour Freight.

 

[LegDeLimber]

Warning... These are some very Gruesome pics.
Hope it's ok to post a link , if not, my apologies to Mods. (still getting a feel for things here)
Accident on a lathe
That site probably has lots of things that could upset some folks (think woodchiper death).
Any of you old engine lathe ops will know that phrase in the notes box on a print.
"break all sharp corners/edges"
when you see the single cut file that's in the jaw slot you'll know what set up the "accident".

Just hoping mr Snelling has someone to help get him up to speed on safe operation of his next power tool.
I've personally seen a mans fingers pinched off, wasn't pretty.
Stringy shavings can slap , slice or toss tools or just knock off an oil can.
hot shavings down a shirt or on hands & arms can cause a flinch/dance and let you run tool/saddle into chuck, or crunch feed box gears, etc

 

[Stihlman441]

Yes they can be a very dangerous bit of machinery,but then so is a car,i have been a machinest in a toolroom for 27 years and i have seen some very lucky and unlucky blokes caught up in machines.I remember seeing and old bloke get caught in a spindle on a large horizontal boring machine,he ended up being spat out and he only had his jocks and one shoe on and only broke one arm.:msp_scared:

 

[Stihl 041S]

I'll say it again


Machines have NO conscience.....

 

[Nitroman]

That was the accident that I referred too in my earlier post. If you look carefully at the chuck, you can see a file. He was filing smooth the finish on an axle when the file caught on the chuck jaw and somehow brought his jacket into play which pulled him into the lathe. At least it was quick, but he knew what was coming. Sad.

This is why many models of larger lathes have a treadle plate you stand on to run the machine, when you lift you foot a brake stops the spindle very quickly for just this sort of emergency. Better a broken arm and shoulder.......

 

[parrisw]

These accidents are on big powerful lathes. This is why a small belt driven one is great to start, the belt will just slip, I've crashed my lathe before, and nothing happened, the belt just slipped.

 

[Tzed250]

True Will, but even a small lathe will lop off a finger and keep right on truckin'...

 

[parrisw]

True Will, but even a small lathe will lop off a finger and keep right on truckin'...

Yes they will, still have to be careful regardless.

 

[Tzed250]

I worked for a company that had a man killed in another division by a piece of bar stock hung out of the back of the spindle.

 

[blsnelling]

I finally made a decision and bought a lathe this evening. I decided to go new and went with a Grizzly G0602 10x22. The reviews on it are great and it's a heavy weight at 453# shipping weight. It's a much better value than the G4000, at only a couple hundred more dollars. The next size up 11" models didn't get the rave reviews this one did. I also considered the Lathemaster lathes, but their 9x30 looked to be less machine in most areas.

Yes, I'd love to have a nice heavy American made machine. But, I thought it wiser to keep it simple and start with a new machine. I won't know what I really prefer in a machine until I start using one. This lathe will do everything, and more, that I need it to do. Buying new removes a lot of variables that I don't care to deal with, or have the knowledge to, at this point.

I'm super excited to have this new tool coming. I have a hunch that I'll wonder how I ever got along without it.

http://cdn0.grizzly.com/catalog/2012/main/530.jpg

http://www.grizzly.com/products/10-x-22-Bench-Top-Metal-Lathe/G0602

 

[parrisw]

Sweet.

If ya can swing it get a quick change tool post. Tools4cheap LLC Online Machine Shop Tooling Store is great.

 

[Tzed250]

That'll get the job done.

Now you gonna be a muh chee nest!

 

[blsnelling]

Sweet.

If ya can swing it get a quick change tool post. Tools4cheap LLC Online Machine Shop Tooling Store is great.

I definately plan to.

CDCO Machinery Corp. - Item # 29461.

NEW QUICK CHANGE LATHE TOOL POST SET FITS ALORIS AXA WEDGE STYLE POST + 5 HOLDER | eBay

Multifix 40 position toolholder type A for Lathe | eBay

 

[blsnelling]

That'll get the job done.

Now you gonna be a muh chee nest!

I'm doomed!

 

[CWME]

I have the same lathe and it does what I need. Figuring out the gears for threading was an education but it does a good job. I upgraded the tool post to a quick change that Grizzly sells. It was a little pricey but well worth the $ so I could set the bits without shims. If I had to do over again I would buy it as a starter lathe.

 

[Rudolf73]

Thats a great lathe to start on Brad and it's a popular size, so if you want to upgrade in the future you should have no problem selling it. :msp_thumbup:

 

[Tzed250]

The spindle speed change might get to me.

 

[Stihl 041S]

Mill, tig, Ad nauseum. And you thought CAD was bad.

 

[FATGUY]

The spindle speed change might get to me.

maybe you could just say "M03 Sxxxx" while you're changing it?

 

[Tzed250]

maybe you could just say "M03 Sxxxx" while you're changing it?

Darn it Nik!!!!!....